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On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 12:29:00PM -0800, Ashok Raj wrote:
> Yes, that makes sense, Do you think we can add a note that the loading
> failed? since the old -> new, new is coming from new microcode rev.

It has failed when

old == new.

I.e.,

	"microcode revision: 0x1a -> 0x1a"

when the current revision on the CPU is 0x1a.

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